Here is our shortlist for the SLF's 2025 Working Class Writers Grant! All of these talented writers were hand-selected by one of our jurors to be a finalist.
You can see the announcement on our website here: speculativeliterature.org/2026/03/04/s...
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The SLF is pleased to announce that Nancy Omondi is the winner of the 2025 Working Class Writers Grant!
Since 2013, the Working Class Writers Grant has been awarded annually to speculative fiction writers.
Learn more about Omondi here: speculativeliterature.org/2026/03/04/a...
The SLF is excited to announce the return of our Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy Workshop and Retreat!
Join @maryannemohanraj.bsky.social and @benjaminrosenbaum.com for a 5-day workshop or retreat to improve your writing and meet other members of the community.
You can learn more at speclit.org!
Join us at Capricon this year for our Deep Dish! We’ll also have an open mic portion so bring your own work to share
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Hey Humans, the MRAH podcast is back for 2026! In this episode, Mary Anne and Benjamin talk about the tumultuous times we live in and how to combat or even just navigate them.
Check out the episode here or wherever you get your podcasts: youtu.be/gH310XjKHEc
The SLF's 2025 winner as the background. Top text reads: The SLF’s Illustration of the Year Contest is Now Open! Bottom text reads: The winning artist will receive $750 and will feature on our website and social media for the rest of the year! Email submissions to managing_dir@speculativeliterature.org with the subject line: “YOUR NAME - Illustration of the Year 2026.”
The SLF's Illustration of the Year Contest is now open! Enter for a chance to win $750 and to be featured on our website and social media.
Learn more at: speculativeliterature.org/ioty/
Excited and honored to announce that I am the winner of this year's SLF Diverse Writers Grant!
15.12.2025 17:14 — 👍 14 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0I made the short list. Whee!
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Here is our shortlist for the SLF's 2025 Diversity Grants! Each of these talented writers were selected by one of our jurors to be a finalist.
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The Speculative Literature Foundation is pleased to announce that Craig Noles is the winner of the 2025 Diverse Worlds Grant for his piece "Murderous (Multi)Verses."
Learn more about him here: speculativeliterature.org/2025/12/15/a...
The Speculative Literature Foundation is pleased to announce that Ryan Lerrik is the winner of the 2025 Diverse Writers Grant for their piece "The Definition of Yearning."
Learn more about them here: speculativeliterature.org/2025/12/15/a...
Here's an important #writing announcement - I'll be part of the @speclit.bsky.social 's Deep Dish reading at @volumesbooks.bsky.social on January 3rd!
(Here are the details via Patreon, and if you need a place for holiday shopping...there you go)
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As you all may know, Volumes Bookcafe is closing soon. We are really sad to hear this news but wanted to do something special to honor our wonderful relationship!
Join us for one last send off at Volumes on 01/03/26 at 6:30PM. Keep your eyes peeled for our announcement of readers later this month!
@maryannemohanraj.bsky.social and I alternately praise, bristle at, relativize, invert, defend, and kvetch about the ancient writing norms of the Turkey City Lexicon (www.sfwa.org/2009/06/18/t...) on this episode of the podcast.
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Hey Humans, welcome back to MRAH! In this episode, @maryannemohanraj.bsky.social and @benjaminrosenbaum.com discuss the Turkey City Lexicon originally from the Turkey City Writer's Workshop.
Check out the episode here or wherever you get your podcasts: youtu.be/2kjQISgPuIQ
The SLF is happy to announce that we are a recipient of the FY26 IAC Grant! We're excited to see what next year has in store for us!
The Speculative Literature Foundation acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council.
Honored to be included.
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Calling all creative writers! DePaul is currently looking for an active writer for their creative writing department!
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An announcement image for the SLF's Older Writers Grant shortlist. An image of a science-fiction inspired angel stands in the background. The finalists included are: Deborah Claymon, Tanya MacIntosh, Patrick Todoroff, and Matthew Cushing.
Here is our shortlist for the SLF's 2025 Older Writers Grant! All of these talented writers were hand-selected by one of our jurors to be a finalist.
You can see the announcement on our website here: speculativeliterature.org/2025/11/03/s...
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Maria B. Olujic, is an anthropologist and writer whose work bridges memory, migration, and myth. Born in communist Yugoslavia, she immigrated to the U.S. as a child only to return later to serve as Deputy Minister of Science and Technology.
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An announcement of the 2025 Older Writers Grant Winner: Maria Olujic. Including her headshot standing in front of a sunset and two pieces of juror feedback. "Fantastic prose, and I love the speculative in this nonfiction," one juror says. "This is beautifully written, and it's a deep reflection on current events. I too appreciate the 'speculative' in this nonfiction."
The SLF is pleased to announce that maria Olujic is the winner of the 2025 Older Writers Grant!
Since 2004, the Older Writers Grant has been awarded annually to writers who are at least fifty years of age to assist such writers who are just beginning their careers as speculative fiction writers.
I’m reading some of my work at a Deep Dish reading this Thursday, October 23rd at 6:30 PM!
Deep Dish is a speculative fiction series celebrating science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
Hope to see you there!
*6:00 time from the image below has been updated to 6:30.
Thanks for the feedback! We’ll absolutely do that in the future
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